A Fun Visit From Cousins!

Good Food in Granpa's Back Yard!

 Carlie

Megan

Brigham and Mommy

Eli

Josh

We went to a fun resturaunt in Orem that serves different Crepe sandwiches.  They also have this big owl out in front.  The kids got a kick out of it.  And the food was yummy!

Grandma had the funnest activity for the kids.  She had them each a shovel, an apron, and a flower to plant.  They loved it.  It was a great afternoon activity!

Grandma and the kids.

I love this pic.  Brigham surounded by "little mommies" who all wanted to hold him.  Only most the time he had a big smile on his face!  He loved all the attention!

We went on a couple of Field Trips.  Here we are at the Pet Store.

Cutie little Aiofe.

The wall of Fish!

The other place we visited was the BYU Dino Museum.  It was a lot of fun, and made even more fun because Adam became a very good guide.  He helped to make the kids really interested in the dinosaurs.  It was fun.

Wow, Big!

Awe, don't eat me!

Check out the wing span.

And of course, there was a lot of jumping on the trampoline.  The kids loved it when an uncle/dad got on there with them!

Lucy taught Brigham how to play with this toy.  It was so cute.  She showed him where to put the balls, and he caught on pretty quick.  She will be a great big sister to her own baby brother soon.

And what is a visit without video games?  Techmo Bowl anyone?  :)

End of the Kindergarten Year

Crazy Hair Day!

Kindergarten Graduation!

The Hike

While we had Adam & Christine's family and David and Missy visiting, we decided to go up the canyon and hike Bridal Veil Falls.  It was so beautiful up there, and just so nice to get up the canyon, and outside.  It had been raining a lot the week prior, and so it felt great to have some sunshine and breeze.  Here we are before we met up with Chad and the girls.

Dave and Missy

The hike.

It was a bit more treacherous than we thought it would be, but the kids were careful, and we all made it safely.  The kids did a really great job.  They all had a lot of fun.

I love this pic of Breanne.

Megan and Lucy

I love this pic of Joshua.

Chad and Niamh

A pic for "proof" that Mom WAS there, because I'm the one BEHIND the camera, so I'm not in any other picture.  :)

There were these cute blue/purpelish flowers all along the trail.  I thought they were fun.

Of course, after the hike, the kids played in the water at the base of the falls.  We were not really prepared for this, so they ended up falling in the water with shoes on and all.  But they were having a blast!  And once they are wet, they are wet, so they might as well just have at it! 

Josh and Niamh being extra adventurous.

So everyone was leaving foot prints with thei wet feet and socks.  Here are Josh's feet.

Brigham absolutely LOVED this experience.  He was being held the entire time!!!  Can't beat that.  We will have to take him on more hikes!

I loved this site, I had to get a picture of it.  This is what resulted from all the wet feet.

Awe, Summer!!!  This was a really fun day.

Baseball Season!

And so it begins.... We are at the start of many, many, baseball games.  I'm sure that after going for all of our boys over the next several years, we will be very used to it, but for now... it is a new experience.  And we love it!  Joshua is doing well learning how to play baseball.  He is getting better every game.  He is so cute in his hat and shirt.  His team is called the "Silver Knights."  It is a Coach Pitch city league.  And he has practice during the week, and a game on Saturday. 

On this particular Saturday, he had the most amazing cheering section!  Seeing how Adam and David (and families) were visiting, we made this a family event, so including Chad (and his family), and G-ma & G-pa, we made for quite the group!  He will not always have such a showing, but it was really cool to have it this week.  He did great, and it was a fun time.  

Happy Birthday Jared!

 Jared had a fun birthday this year, and celebrated with Strawberry Shortcake (his favorite), and a lot of family!  Plus he got a fun game he wanted, and a bunch of other wonderful presents. 

 

Of Course no party is complete without a rousing game of Band Hero.  (Or is it Rock Band?  Sorry, I'm actually not sure which one is which.)  But really, it was a lot of fun!  We had a lot of willing participants!

Here is Jared with Breanne, and her pot that she made for him at school.  So sweet.

Brigham

The kids, all anxiously awaiting giving their gifts to Dad.

The fun game.

the 2nd Grade Preformance

Josh did great at his 2nd Grade Preformance.  They sang songs, played recorders, and recited poems. 

It was fun, and he did a great job.

Kindergarten Field Trip to Thanks Giving Point

I got to go with Breanne's Class on their field trip.  It was fun to see all the animals, and do all the activities.  I really loved being able to ride on the bus with Breanne.  She is so cute and fun.  I always love coming along on these activities.   

That morning, this momma goat had two babies!  They were only a couple hours old.  It was kinda cool to see that.